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Position Details:
The IT Project Manager is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating project teams through waterfall/agile/hybrid project management practices. They will enable the team to achieve a high level of performance and quality in the delivery of projects to provide exceptional business value to users.
This role is responsible for managing multiple concurrent, high visibility projects using waterfall/agile/hybrid methods in an environment that may cross multiple business units or teams. The focus of the role is building on project management principles and practices to adapt project delivery approaches to provide the right balance of agility and predictability to suit the business goals of projects.
You Will:
- Directly manage information technology projects Business Systems & Operations related to the SAP platform. Supporting projects may include work from the Infrastructure and Security areas, in support of the SAP Platform.
- Support project scope and schedule development/management while focusing on timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; manage risks, issues, and escalations; and perform delivery planning and execution for assigned projects.
- Own project management responsibilities two to four separate projects: build and manage project schedules based on defined scope and resource constraints; manage and control scope and deliverables for assigned projects.
- Demonstrate ability to gather and provide project level estimates and reporting (Status, Risks/Issues, Leadership Escalations) for teams executing projects
- Orchestrate team project delivery while holding teams accountable for their commitments; identify and remove roadblocks to project work.
- Facilitate work across multiple technical teams, business units, 3rd party vendors/partners, and other projects as needed to achieve assigned projects' goals and deliverables.
You Have:
- BA/BS or equivalent preferred.
- 3-5 years of Information Technology Project Management experience.
- 5+ years of experience in an IT related field preferred.
- Understanding of waterfall/agile/hybrid project management principles and practices and ability to adapt methodologies to projects.
- Sufficient level of business/technical background to provide interface with technical project delivery teams and to be able to evaluate project risks and issues accurately and objectively.
- Knowledge of project facilitation, situational awareness, stakeholder management, conflict resolution and consensus building.
- Relationship management skills that enable effective navigation in a highly matrixed organization to quickly earn sponsorship and trust to mobilize and motivate project teams.
- Prioritize and organize effectively and manage multiple cross-functional teams.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) preferred. Agile certifications such as PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are helpful
Rewards and Benefits:
With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger.
- Paid time off (PTO) days and 6 company holidays per year
- Benefits starting on day one, including medical, dental vision and life insurance
- 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period with no personal contribution required
- Employee discounts, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing, free access to financial counseling, education and more.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.